People
Warned that the "British were coming!"
Paul Revere
The state George Washington is from
Virginia
This group of men who intimidated British tax collectors
Sons of Liberty
Required colonists to purchase a stamp when purchasing all paper goods.
Stamp Act
Ended the French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
Colonists who remained in allegiance with Britain
Loyalists
The land that was sought after during the French and Indian War.
Ohio River Valley
5 people killed during this skirmish.
Boston Massacre
Required colonists to house British soldiers
Quartering Act
Slogan used in Franklin's propaganda poster
"Join or Die"
Gave a famous speech, war broke out in the colonies just weeks after.
Patrick Henry
Boston
The British Parliament _______ or took back all of the acts in 1775 to avoid war but it was too late.
Repeal
British Parliament passed this in response to the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Famous speech given to raise tensions in the colonies towards war.
Give me liberty or give me death
Colonists who began demanding representation in Parliament
Patriots
In Southern Louisiana, these French settlers stayed after the end of the French and Indian War.
Cajuns
First Continental Congress sends this document to the King as a last attempt to remain peaceful.
Olive Branch Petition
Imposed taxes on British goods like; paint, tea, glass, and lead.
Townshend Act
Engraving made by a founding father that was sent around the colonies
Bloody Massacre
British general during the French and Indian War, fought alongside Washington.
Braddock
The meeting that was held by colonial delegates, after the Intolerable Acts were passed to discuss the 13 colonies next steps.
First Continental Congress
The raid of this person's ship, finding caskets of imported wine, starts riots in Boston.
John Hancock
Declared that colonists could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
An oppressive government
tyranny